We played the first five hours of Monster Hunter Wilds at Capcom's headquarters in Japan and came away impressed with its formula improvements.

Monster Hunter Wilds is quickly becoming my most-played early access game of 2024. Following an open beta which ate 15 hours of my life last month, I recently visited Capcom headquarters in Osaka, Japan to spend five hours with a newer but still-unfinished build of this monster-hunting action-RPG.

In our hands-on preview we learned Equipment Skills are split between weapons and armor, Insect Glaive is getting its Vaulting Dance back, and even more.